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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2015
Applicant:

The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US);

Inventor:

Marvin J. Slepian, Tucson, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/6847 (2013.01); A61B 5/0024 (2013.01); A61B 5/6861 (2013.01); A61B 5/04 (2013.01); A61B 2562/028 (2013.01); A61B 2562/12 (2013.01); A61B 2562/164 (2013.01); A61B 2562/224 (2013.01); A61N 1/36125 (2013.01);
Abstract

Electronic devices and systems that overcome the limitation of stiffness and rigidity generally associated with electronics and allow for delivery via minimally invasive or percutaneous access and delivery systems are described herein. The devices and systems are able to change in size, such as from a larger electronic construct to a smaller flowable configuration. The devices and systems are configured to open or reconfigure to return to the original size and spatial dimensions at the site. In another embodiment, the devices and systems begin as a plurality of discrete electrical elements in a flowable state, and change to a non-fluent state thereby forming an electrical construct. The electrical elements are able to communicate by direct contact with each other or near field inter-device communication means. This allows the electronic device or system to be applied, adhere and conform to the underlying surface.


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